Brix Offers Improved IPTV Service Assurance and Monitoring

Brix Networks has expanded its IPTV service assurance and monitoring capabilities to offer the required visibility into channel change times and network performance related to multicast infrastructure. The company’s solutions can now assure quality of bundled services, while providing network operators with service lifecycle support. The solutions provide extensive visibility into delivery infrastructure from super head ends to central offices to subscribers, helping to ensure the success of IPTV services.
The Brix System of integrated hardware and software products proactively monitors VoIP and IP video quality. The solutions also enable providers to measure user response times and monitor network performance and service degradation related to running dynamic IP video services over IP. Providers may also test simulated channels by emulating settop boxes for zap and VOD function delays using the solutions.
“Service quality matters, and consumers have a higher expectation of quality when it comes to IPTV,” said Robert Travis, director of product marketing at Brix Networks. “Working closely with our customers, we know that measuring channel change times and monitoring IP infrastructure performance is imperative to the success of rolling out quality IPTV services. These factors, combined with the growing demand for bundled services, have made service assurance a requirement to the successful deployment of revenue-generating services.”